On the other hand, Couric’s husband died of colon cancer at age 42. Who knows what’s going through her mind.Here‘s a six-minute clip of the interview; I found it moving. Here‘s Elizabeth answering Couric’s question about “staring death in the face.” Here‘s Couric saying she was moved by the Edwards’ initial announcement of the return of Elizabeth’s cancer. (Disclosure: I’m doing a little volunteer work for the Edwards’ campaign.) [Tags: media john_edwards elizabeth_edwards katie_couric politics]

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Earlier this AM, Huffingtonpost.com had a story which vaguely said that CBS had challenged the Edwards about their campaign plans.

I see now that Nora Ephron has a post there that does justice to what I would call an episode of cringe tv:

I kept waiting for John or Elizabeth Edwards to ask her who “some people” were exactly, but they didn’t. They cheerfully answered her questions. Elizabeth Edwards said, “We’re all going to die.” And: “I pretty much know what I’m going to die of now.” She said that on hearing that her cancer had recurred, she realized she had a choice — to go on living her life, or begin dying. She said she had chosen to go on living her life. Katie Couric looked at her as if someone had set off a stinkbomb in the room then asked another “some people” question, this one about whether the Edwardses were “in denial.”

For real? I wouldn’t expect her to. This is the person who not only lowered the bar for evening news anchors, she threw it out with her ‘oh me oh my what should I say at the end of the newscast, everyone?’